DIY Christmas Paper Chains

From my childhood I vividly recall cutting paper chains for Christmas. We would cut free shapes, and just see what they turned out as. Usually we'd try to make Boys and Girls. The trick is to have your shapes connect on the sides, and for a more sturdy paper chain, they should connect in two…

1903 Clapsaddle Cherubs Seamless Tiles & Papers

I said it before: I'm on a Christmas design spree!! To be able to get through every whimsy I'm working on, I will have to give you 2 posts some days... 😀 For my second post today, I have used the gorgeous Ellen D. Clapsaddle Cherub from the earlier, together with a second cherub, to…

Retro Candy Cane – Seamless tile and printable papers

Even if my main interest is for vintage ephemera, I will every once in a while see retro stuff that I adore as well 🙂 Here is a pretty Candy Cane from the 50ies, made into a seamless tile for you: And here are 3 sizes ready to print, of the papers the tile will…

Walter Crane Cherubs 1900 – Seamless Tile & Printable Papers

From the most adorable Walter Crane book "The Baby's Bouquet - A fresh bunch of old rhymes and tunes" I created this seamless tile with cherubs: Here is what the original endpaper looks like: I used the seamless tile to make some pretty printable papers:       I also tested the tile in two…

Damask Seamless Tile and Printable Papers

Today I have completed a series of Damask papers for you. The layouts are not very advanced, but the key to this cuteness is combining the colors and different sizes of the pattern. First the seamless tile: The tile is PNG (transparent background) and can be layered on top of anything, and colored in any…

August Grain Sack – Bunting & Papers

Surprise: I made a seamless tile!!! Yeeeeha 😀 And it is completely adorable for August Grain Sack Bunting: Not quite fall, but I felt like replacing my mantle Summertime Bunting...:-) I also included a blank flag with the ready to print download, if you want to add your own letters and/or embellishment. The Alphabet I used…

1910 Roses From Shakespeare – Seamless Tile and Papers

I love Shakespeare, and wish I knew his work better, I always feel as if I only know bits and pieces. It seems they loved Shakespeare 100 years ago too 🙂 I was very excited to find a few beautiful pages from the 1910 poetry book Roses from Shakespeare on Leaping Frog Designs:   She…

Victorian Lavender Lace – Digital Elements and Printable Cards

Hello Peeps 🙂 I'm on vacation up in the mountains, with no internet, but today I have had a day back home to restock and regroup...lol  And I enjoyed a lot spending a little time on my dear old puter, so tonight I want to share what I created in my vacation whimsy, based on…

1875 Bébé Devient Savant – Free Tiles & Papers

I love the amazing Flickr pages of pillpat (agence eureka)! Not only has she thousands of vintage French items, she shares them willingly with the world! According to copyright laws these images now belong in public domain, and in my opinion s-h-o-u--l-d belong to all of us. But it is not thereby said that anyone…

1899 French Silk – Seamless Tiles And Printable Papers

I have another set of papers for you today, based on a piece of 1899 French Silk Fabric: I have made the fabric into a seamless tile for you, and also created a second version where the pattern is part reversed. And then I have played around with the colors for both patterns: And as…